Murderer Files $400 Lawsuit After He's Sentenced to Death: "Cruel & Unusual Punishment"

Another frivolous lawsuit was filed by none other than an inmate who killed two people during a bank robbery while on the run from police for another bank robbery. The inmate, sentenced to death, filed a $400 million lawsuit citing that it was “cruel and unusual punishment” and that killing him would not solve anything.

But, really, inmates have nothing but time on their hands and since the court allows convicted murderers and other criminals to make a mockery of it, why the hell not?

Council Kills Two People During Bank Robbery

On August 21, 2017, Brandon Council walked into the CresCom Bank in Conway, SC, and shot and killed two bank employees before robbing the facility of thousands of dollars. He fled the scene, stealing one of the victim’s cars to drive back to North Carolina. Council was staying in a Conway, S.C. hotel, after robbing a North Carolina bank when he decided to commit this robbery.

The entire incident was captured on surveillance video. He admitted to the robberies and that he went inside the CresCom bank with intentions to kill the people inside. He further stated to police that he was a “doofus.”

Council was found guilty of the murders of Katie Skeen and Debra Majors, the only two employees at the bank that day. A jury sentenced him to death. Since Council committed a federal crime, he was sent to Indiana to federal prison.

Council Files Lawsuit Against Government Officials

In 2020, Council filed a lawsuit against government officials, asking for $400 million in a “Cruel & Unusual Punishment” case. He asked officials to release him from death row, stating that it is a hate crime.

Speaking with Knewz.com, Council stated, “It doesn’t solve anything. The death penalty is a hate crime. It is a retaliatory hate crime that is not justified.” Council continued, “There is nothing righteous about killing an individual.”

A man who took money that did not belong to him and took two lives in the process of taking that money has the audacity to not only file a lawsuit but later make that statement?

Case Dismissed Without Prejudice

A judge dismissed the case no sooner that it landed in front of his face -as he should have. He did dismiss the case without prejudice so Council can refile the lawsuit at a later date if he chooses.

“I can never articulate an appropriate apology or gesture that would be credible to say I’m sorry for what I did,” Council said.

The basis of the lawsuit was that the death penalty violates the Constitution. He referred to death row as a form of slavery and torture.

“I have been housed in a malignant, punitive and mentally abusive confinement cell of isolation 24 hours per day,” Council wrote in his lawsuit. “Psychological damage is inevitable to be determined and diagnosed by a [sic] unbiased psychologist.”

Council also contended he requested mental health medication and housing changes and those have been denied.

“I have never experienced anything so horrendous in my life,” Council said.

He said that he is housed in a facility designed to cause anxiety and suicidal thoughts. He stated that prison is psychologically harmful, considering inmates spend only 260 hours per year outside their cells.

The Lawsuit

A breakdown of his lawsuit:

• $100 million for sadistic use of torture
• $100 million for unconstitutional racial discriminating use of slavery
• $100 million for “blind justice”
• $100 million for “attempting to have me executed and murdered”

Council requested a release from prison in his lawsuit, stating that everyone is entitled to forgiveness and that killing him would not be equivalent to justice.

“My past mistakes do not dictate who I am,” Council said, “or who I am in the future.”